Paper or bill file



No. 6|6,490. Patented Dec. 27, |898. A. A. REASER.

PAPER F? BILL FILE.

(Application led Oct. 12, 1897.)

ARTHUR A. REASER, vOF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

PAPER OR BILL FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,490, dated December 2'?, 1898.

Application filed October 12,1897. Serial No. 654,989. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR A. REnsER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper or Bill Files; and I do declare the following` to'be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to a paper or bill iile; and it has for its object to provide a simple, durable, and inexpensive le of this character that may be easily manipulated in filing or removing a paper therefrom.

With this obj eet in view the invention consists of certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved bill-file, showing in dotted lines the clamping-arm swung to one side, but held in that position to permit of the filing or removing of a paper from the impaling-prong; and Fig. 2 is a view at right angles to Fig. 1, showing the clamping-arm swung outward away from the base-board. Y

In said drawings, 1 denotes the base-board, which maybe suitably ornamented and which is adapted to contain any desired advertising matter. This board is provided with means for attaching it to the wall or other support, and, as shown in the accompanying drawings, this means consists in forming the board with an aperture 2, whereby it may be hung from a nail.

denotes the file proper, which consists of a spring-wire 4, secured to the board by staples 5 and t5. The lower end of this wire projects outwardly to form an impaling-prong 7, while the upper end of this wire is formed with a coiled spring, the convolutions of which lie parallel, or substantially so, with the face of the base-board.

8 denotes aclamping-arm, which, as shown in the accompanying drawings, is a continuation of the last coil of the spring and which projects downwardly parallel with the face of the board and normally lies in advance of the spring-wire 4. The lower end of the clamping-arm is provided with ahandle 9, and intermediate the ends another handle lO is formed. Near the lower end of the arm is formed a kink or offset 1l, which is adapted to engage the impaling-prong when the arln is in the act of clamping the papers on the impaling-prong and which is adapted to engage a stud 12, secured at one end of the baseboard, when it is desired to file or remove a paper from the im paling-prong.

In iiling and removing papers it sometimes occurs that the use of both hands is necessary, and for this reason I provide the stud, so that the clamping-arm may be swung to one side', as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, and engage with said stud. Again, it may be only necessary to use one hand in the act of filing or removing a paper, and in such case all that is necessary is to throw the clampingarmvforwa-rd, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, while the other hand is used in removing or filing a paper. It will therefore be seen that the spring has two actions to return the clamping-arm from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 to that shown in full lines in said figure and the other from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 to that shown in full lines in said gure.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the parts will be readily understood without requiringv an extended explanation. It is simple, du rable, and inexpensive, is easily operated, and performs its work in an effective manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A paper or bill file comprising a base-board, a paper-clip secured thereto and consisting of a single piece of springwire having its upper end formed with the helical coil, the free end of which terminates in the clamping-arm 8 formed with a semicircular guideoffset 11, and having its lower end formed with the crescent-shaped impaling-hook 7 arranged to form a guide for the offset 11 of said clamping-arm, and a stud or pin 12 arranged at one side of the impaling-hook and adapted to receive the clamping-arm8 and hold the same away from the impaling-hook while the papers are being filed thereon, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR A. REASER.

"Witnesses: Y

O. A. ROBINSON, Harris FLETCHER.

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